{"id":370156,"date":"2025-10-26T12:37:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T12:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/xbox-games-store-accesibility-tags-microsoft"},"modified":"2025-10-26T12:37:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T12:37:50","slug":"microsoft-is-using-information-tags-to-make-the-xbox-game-store-more-accessible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-is-using-information-tags-to-make-the-xbox-game-store-more-accessible\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft is using information tags to make the Xbox Game Store more accessible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/microsoft-is-using-information-tags-to-make-the-xbox-game-store-more-accessible.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever been browsing through the library of games available to you on <strong>Xbox Game Pass<\/strong>, or searching for something to buy on the <strong>Xbox Games Store<\/strong>, and wondered what the subtitle options would be before purchasing only to find there&#8217;s no way of discovering that sort of information, Microsoft hears you.<\/p>\n<p>Xbox director of accessibility Anita Mortaloni has announced that Xbox is in the process of adding accessibility tags to its digital store. The aim of the new tags is to allow players with disabilities will to more simply and clearly know if a game has settings that make it possible for them to know which games they can play.<\/p>\n<p>In a post over on <a href=\"\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2021\/10\/01\/xbox-announces-accessibility-updates\/\">Xbox Wire<\/a>, Mortaloni kicked off <a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2021\/10\/01\/xbox-celebrates-disability-community\">a month-long celebration of accesible gaming<\/a> over at Xbox with the news that the new &lsquo;Accessibility&rsquo; tab in the Store&#8217;s Details section will be coming soon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/xbox-games-store-accesibility-tags-microsoft\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/xbox-games-store-accesibility-tags-microsoft\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever been browsing through the library of games available to you on Xbox Game Pass, or searching for something to buy on the Xbox Games Store, and wondered what the subtitle options would be before purchasing only to find there&#8217;s no way of discovering that sort of information, Microsoft hears you. Xbox director of accessibility Anita Mortaloni has announced that Xbox is in the process of adding accessibility tags to its digital store. The aim of the new tags is to allow players with disabilities will to more simply and clearly know if a game has settings that make it possible for them to know which games they can play. 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